Supports pharmacological services by maintaining Pharmacovigilance, stocking, reordering, assembling, and distributing medications and other pharmaceutical products.

Main Accountabilities 

• Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing and expediting orders, removing outdated drugs.
• Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Receive written prescriptions or refill and verify that information is complete and accurate.
• Maintains proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Orders, labels and counts stock of medication, chemicals, and other pharmaceutical supplies.
• Act as a patient advocate by ensuring that the patient’s prescribed drug therapy is followed as prescribed.
• Organizes medications for dispensing by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
• Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information.
• Helps health care providers and patients by answering questions and requests pertaining to drugs.
• Promotes patient drug compliance.
• Report patients drug adverse events.
• Work as part of a team to provide support to other members of the health care team.

Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12 School Certificate with five (5) ‘O’ Levels (credit or better).
• Diploma in Pharmacy Technologist or equivalent.
• One (1) year relevant experience
• Licensed and registered by the Health Professional Council of Zambia.
• A degree will be an added advantage.

Key Knowledge and Attributes

• Accurate data entry skills.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• Strong management and organizational skills.
• Willingness to be a team player and promote positive team environment.
• Flexible and proactive to meet varied patient needs.
• Able to collaborate with other healthcare professionals.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Experienced in Microsoft office (word, excel, outlook etc).
• Ability to maintain favorable public relations.
• Maintain information confidentiality.